“Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?” PeopleLittlesTwoWarKidsThreeBitsParentMemoriesPoorWifeThousandLittle BitDiedSoldierZeroEntitledPoor PeopleGround Zero Author:Carl Paladino
“When the soldier returns from the wars, even though he has white hair, he very soon finds a young wife. But a woman has only one summer; if she does not make hay while the sun shines, no one will afterwards have anything to say to her, and she spends her days consulting oracles that never send her a husband.” IfsDoeWarYoungWhiteSunWifeHairReturnHusbandSummerShiningSoldierConsultingOraclesHaySun ShinesWhite HairYoung Wife Author:Aristophanes
“Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.” ForceWifeSpecialChangedPerceptionSoldierMy WifeOur FamilyChildbirthSpecial Forces Book:Discontent and its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London Source: Discontent and its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London
“I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, And the white skeletons of young men-I saw them; I saw the debris and debris of all the dead soldiers of the war; But I saw they were not as was thought; They themselves were fully at rest-they suffer'd not; The living remain'd and suffer'd-the mother suffer'd, And the wife and the child, and the musing comrade suffer'd, And the armies that remain'd suffer'd.” MenChildrenWarYoungMotherSufferingWhiteSawsWifeBattleArmySoldierYoung ManVeteranCorpsesComradeSkeletonsVeterans DayMusingsDebrisDead Soldiers Book:Passage to India Source: Passage to India
“In Israel, it always meant - and a lot of that is still true - there was only one kind of man you could be, there were no alternatives, no options. If you were from a good family, you were supposed to be a successful soldier at 18 and be strong, and prepared to protect your wife and family, or family and children, and be prepared to die for your country.” IfsMenKindChildrenStillsCountryDiesStrongSuccessfulWifeProtectPreparedSoldierIsraelAlternativesSupposed To BeBe PreparedGood Family Author:Eytan Fox